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Patente'd July 12?;1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS W. PIEROE,-OF.-PROVIDENOE, RHODE ISLAND.

LOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,920, dated July 15,1884,

Application filed December 8, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEwIs W. PIERcE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence, in the State ofRhode Island, have invented a new and useful Locket, of which thefollowing is a specification.

' My invention consists of a locket for portraits, in which there is aninner or portrait box concealed within an outer box which constitutesthe locket-case, and adapted to be projected out of said case, byaspring released by a portrait-box projected to expose the portrait-Fig. 3 is a front view,'the face of the to view. locket being removed toshow the detail of the parts. Figs. 4: and 5 are sections on line a: w,

- showing the detail of the mechanism both when the locket is closed andwhen it isfopen.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The locket-box A may be of any desired form, and is provided with anyornamental face or setting, b. It is attached to abail, G, in theordinary way. It is provided with interior strips or flanges, s s,which. form guideways for the inner box, B, to slide in. It is dividedby the partition a. into two unequal-sized chambers. In the larger ofthese chambers is placed the box B, which is provided with a chamberenchamber I place a spring, e, which is actuated by a pusher, t,extending outward through the rim of the box A, and adapted to disengagethe catch 0 upon pressure'upon the pusher t, and to allow the spring wto project the box B to expose the portrait to view.

Practically the rim A is constructed with its interior flanges, ss,.toform guideways. The box Bis inserted in said guideways, the springw placed between the 'rear of the box and the partition a, so that thebox B will be thrown out by said spring when the spring-catch c isdisengaged by the pusher-actuated spring 6. Any desired face or settingis'then put on to complete the locket. The portraits are inserted in thechamber of the inner box, at the side thereof, so that the view isobtained through the opening d of the box B. It is ob vious that twoportraits can be inserted in this chamber facing in opposite directions.

I claim as new and my invention, and de sire to secure by Letters PatentThe combination, in a locket, of a box, A, provided with aspring-controlled pusher, t, partition a, and guideways s s, with aspring, w, and a box, B, provided with a spring-catch, c, and achamberand opening, (1, for the portrait, as shown, and operating as described.

LEWIS W. PIERCE.

